Commercial law firm Muckle LLP has appointed seven new trainee solicitors, taking its current total to 10.
All the trainees are undertaking their solicitor training at Muckle, where they will spend six months in different practice areas, including corporate finance, commercial, property, employment, dispute resolution, banking and construction.
The trainees include Carla Boaks, Craig Harvey, Daniel Montana, Eaden Hardcastle, Jaxson Hind, Georgia Sproat, Kieron O’Donoghue, Olivia Tindle, Gillian Scribbins, Rachel Templeman.
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Jason Wainwright, Muckle managing partner, said: “It is more important than ever to invest in future talent and to support the growth of our business. We have pride in our people and they are at the heart of everything that we do.”
Elanders UK has appointed Martin Ellison as head of business development.
Mr Ellison, who joins the North Shields firm from Cirrus Research, will head up the UK business development team with a focus on growing the firm’s supply chain footprint within the fashion and lifestyle and consumer goods sectors.
He said: “This is an exciting time to join Elanders UK and I am looking forward to working alongside the senior management and marketing teams to help grow the business within existing markets and through the sectors we have identified as offering real opportunities for growth.
“We have very ambitious growth plans for the UK, which would see us grow substantiality from our current position. To achieve our goal, we will be appointing additional, skilled people, during the next 24 months.”
Independent real estate consultancy Hollis has welcomed James Dixon to its Newcastle office.
Mr Dixon joins the Ouseburn office as an associate supporting the building surveying team. Mr Dixon is a chartered surveyor with 15 years’ experience in the commercial property sector.
Director and head of Hollis in Newcastle, David Cox, said: “Despite uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, demand for commercial property in Newcastle remains strong as the city looks to build back better. Hollis is committed to significant expansion over the next year as we look to support our strong and growing client base across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe, and Newcastle represents a large piece of that pie.
“We are thrilled to welcome James to Hollis; his combined industry knowledge and experience will prove an asset to our team in Newcastle. I look forward to seeing his career flourish at Hollis.”
Ecommerce software company Salesfire has appointed six new directors.
Five of the six appointments are internal promotions within the company. Charlie Gibson has been promoted to chief operating officer, Josh McGregor is now chief marketing officer, Elliot Lings has been promoted to chief technology officer, James Lees has been promoted to chief customer officer and Stephen Honor is now chief information officer.
Martin Walker joins the Middlesbrough company as chief sales officer from a sales director role at Visualsoft.
CEO Rich Himsworth said: “Our new directors have extensive experience in the eCommerce industry, with knowledge of SaaS offerings and customers’ needs. This move will set the precedent for Salesfire’s teams, with good leaders in place, the team will be in the best position to reach new heights.”
Newcastle’s O Agency has welcomed back Caroline Campbell, who re-joins the agency as sustainability lead.
Ms Campbell joins O after six years of leading the PR and marketing for a Bristol-headquartered international environmental consultancy.
In her new role, she will play a key part in developing the agency’s own long term sustainability strategy, while supporting clients interested in taking their first steps towards adopting more sustainable business models.
She said: “I’m so excited to have re-joined the O team, communicating about environmental issues and sustainability can be complex and needs creativity to succeed – which the team have buckets of here. If businesses haven’t looked at their environmental impact yet, it’s important they do it sooner rather than later, not only because we all have a role to play, but also because from a business perspective they’ll get left behind.”
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Kevin Elliott as a new partner in its UK-wide regulatory team.
Prior to joining WBD, Mr Elliott established Eversheds Sutherland’s Newcastle health and safety team as well as leading the national practice. He has a strong track record advising organisations as well as individuals on serious workplace incidents, with particular expertise in advising on contentious environmental investigations and prosecutions.
He said: “WBD has an enviable reputation for its regulatory practice, particularly in the field of health and safety, and continues to act in most of the high profile investigations and prosecutions in the UK.
“I look forward to working with the whole team and leveraging my experience to support our clients across the UK, US and beyond.”
